Waking up and heading downstairs, Jacob began to make breakfast when he heard the doorbell start to ring. Quickly putting his bread into the toaster, Jacob rushed to the door to be greeted to the sight of 4 men holding multiple boxes, each about the size of a microwave.
While going through the process of confirming who he was and showing them where to set the Gates, Sarah, Dawson and Nicole arrived.They then began opening the boxes which held a large helmet that enclosed the entire head, as well as instruction manuals upon how to setup and use the device safely.
“When will Morgan, Michael and Jordan get here?” Asked Nicole as she giddily held the Gate in her hands.
“Jordan texted me earlier, he said their plane just landed so they should be here in about an hour or so.” Jordan replied calmly, while inside he was just as giddy, if not more so, than Nicole. “In the meantime why don’t we all decide our in game names and that?”
“Huh? Aren’t we going to use our real names?” Sarah asked puzzled as to why she should have to think of a new one.
“Tell me Sarah, how many Sarahs do you think there are in this world?” Dawson asked.
“Well, shit, I suppose you’re right, but if not our real names then what should we all use?
“Well there is seven of us in total, once everyone else gets here, so why not doing a group thing?” Nicole suggested to the group without removing her eyes from the Gate for even a moment.
“Well if it’s a group of seven then it has to be the seven deadly sins right?” Jacob replied as he skimmed through the instruction book.
“Sure, sounds good, but which of us should be which? I know Sarah should be Wrath, and Dawson Sloth, but what about the rest of us?” Nicole commented, while the two aforementioned members tried to find points to refute.
“Well, Jordan can be Gluttony, and Morgan can be Envy those ones are pretty obvious too.” Jacob replied so that Sarah and Dawson wouldn’t feel so bad about being so easily pegged onto a sin..
“Well that leaves Pride, Lust, and Greed right? Well, seeing how you’re such a perfectionist at time, and Michael is the penny pincher of the group, why not you two be Pride and Greed, and I’ll be Lust?” Suggested Nicole as she found a way to sew the names onto each member of the group.
“Alright, I guess that settles it then, when Jordan, Morgan and Michael come back, we can tell them their names and then we can talk with them about their trip to Toronto until the game launches.” Dawson finally piped up, having given up trying to refute Nicole’s earlier statement.
“The game doesn't launch ‘till 4, so I guess that’s a pretty solid plan. In the mean time you guys want some food; I believe my toast is done by now.”
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A Few hours later and everyone was sitting in the living room of Jacob’s house. When Nicole told Jordan, Morgan and Michael their plans for naming everyone seemed to agree that the names fit, and with only minor profanities being swung around, everyone finally settled down in time for them to chat aimlessly until the launch time approached.
“Well, the game launches in 5 minutes, so why don’t we all enter the Gate right now in case there is anything we need to set up before launch?” This was suggested by Michael as he sipped away at his orange juice.
“Alright, when we enter the game though guys, make sure we all register each other as friends, since we don’t know any of the starter cities, or even how we start, we might not see each other in person for a while.” Jacob calmly suggested, in order to remind his friends who were prone to forget things.
“Well let’s quite stalling then and start!” Sarah yelled, her excitement finally peaking.
And with that everyone donned their Gates, turned them on, and were introduced into a open white space.
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‘Welcome, New user detected, please state the name you wish for me to call you.’ A feminine voice called out, most likely the A.I. which controlled his Gate.
“Please call me Jacob”
‘Name confirmed. Welcome Jacob, would you like a basic overview of the services you Gate may perform?’
“No thank you. Please open game Fractal Worlds.”
‘Fractal Worlds is not yet released, would you like to preload program and run when program is released?’
“Yes.”
Jacob then had his scenery change into that of a small waiting room, fitted with a couch, coffee table and a door with with numbers counting down for 50.
“Must be the time until the game is released then. I guess that must be in real world time, seeing as time here moves slower.” Jacob muttered to himself while sitting down onto the couch.
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Once the timer finally reached zero, the door swung open, and light poured in from the other side. Jacob timidly rose from his seat, and stepped through the door, and into another empty white space. The difference though, was that this time, he was put face to face with a woman wearing a toga who looked to be in her mid-twenties.
“Greetings adventurer, please, tell me your name.”
A window popped up in front of Jacob with a keyboard and the instructions to say the name he wants in-game, as well as to type it out.
“My name is Pride” Jacob answered the presumed goddess, while typing it into the screen in front of him.
“Hello Pride, please select the body you wish.”
In front of Pride three races were given for him to choose, as well as a small description for each.
Human
Humans reside in the central kingdom, while branching out into almost each inch of civilised land. Their diversity makes it hard for them to be put into any one category, which makes it hard for outside forces to judge their strength, but this also creates internal discord on a political level. Humans are a standard race, with the ability to grow in almost any direction. Humans have no particular benefits nor do they have any negatives.
Elf
Elves are a long lived race residing in the Eastern Forests. Although they are currently at peace with the other races, this peace is strained, as the beauty of elves is often sought by foreign slavers. Elves may change form depending upon their actions into different sub species, such as high and night elves. Basic elves however, have an increase in growth for agility and nature related skills, but will fare poorly in battles of pure strength.
Dwarf
Dwarves are stout and tough creatures, known for their ingenuity and love for mining and drinking. Dwarves reside in the Northern Mountain Ranges, building inside the mountain as well as in the valleys between them. They live a rather isolated existence, but have been known to send trader caravans out into foreign lands Dwarves receive an increase in skills related to crafting and strength, but are not very agile due to their short stature.
“Human.” Pride decided this after careful deliberation, due to the fact that he really had no clue what he wanted to do and would much rather keep his options open.
“Alright, please now adjust your appearance as you see fit.” The goddess then created a splitting image of Jacob and placed it in front of him.
Jacob was a decent looking guy. He was 6’3” (190cm), had blonde hair, grey eyes, and kept his body in fairly good shape through daily exercise. Due to this, Jacob chose to keep Pride pretty much the same as him, while only changing his hair length until he could put it up into a small ponytail. He enjoyed the hairstyle, but never had the determination nor patience to grow it out himself.
“Is this how you wish to be seen?” The goddess asked Pride carefully.
“Yes”
“Where would you like to start, there is currently Lumbridge in the Province of the Holy Order, or Desri in the Central Province to choose from.”
“Desri please.” Pride chose Desri not because of what it was, but rather it was because the idea of starting in a holy province didn’t sound too appealing for one of the sins.
Moments after stating his request, Pride was transported into a town square, as others also instantly appeared as beams of assembled light around him.
In the back of his head though, he heard the goddess say.”Welcome Pride, to the Fractal Worlds.”
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Well that is chapter two. This was my first attempt at tables, and It’s currently midnight here so if I messed up on them please tell me how to fix it. Anyways, This is Jacob’s beginning, I will be using him to do all the world set up and then later on (~ch8 maybe) I will switch to another characters beginning. I will just do this for one of the dwarves and one of the elves though, so that things can keep moving without too much repetition before everyone gets together. Anyways, once more, any suggestions or comments would be much obliged. Thanks :D